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MiracleLinux 4 : sudo-1.7.4p5-7.AXS4 (AXSA:2011-635:01)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 283944

Synopsis

The remote MiracleLinux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote MiracleLinux 4 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the AXSA:2011-635:01 advisory.

 Sudo (superuser do) allows a system administrator to give certain users (or groups of users) the ability to run some (or all) commands as root while logging all commands and arguments. Sudo operates on a per- command basis. It is not a replacement for the shell. Features include: the ability to restrict what commands a user may run on a per-host basis, copious logging of each command (providing a clear audit trail of who did what), a configurable timeout of the sudo command, and the ability to use the same configuration file (sudoers) on many different machines.
 Security issues fixed with this release:
 CVE-2011-0010 check.c in sudo 1.7.x before 1.7.4p5, when a Runas group is configured, does not require a password for command execution that involves a gid change but no uid change, which allows local users to bypass an intended authentication requirement via the -g option to a sudo command.
 Fixed bugs:
 - With /etc/sudoers files containing several host entries, the sudo -l command incorrectly reported that a certain user does not have permissions to use sudo on the system. This has been fixed.
 - the manual page for sudoers.ldap is now properly included in the package. Additionally, various POD files only needed for building purposes have been removed from the package
 - sudo now uses the same location for the LDAP configuration files as the nss_ldap package, in the /etc/nslcd.conf file.
 - When editing a file with the sudo -e file or the sudoedit file command, the editor was logged only as sudoedit. The full path to the executable being used as an editor is now logged.
 - Added a comment regarding the visiblepw option of the Defaults directive to the default /etc/sudoers file to clarify its usage.
 - Upgraded sudo to upstream version 1.7.4p5, which provides many bug fixes and enhancements.
 Enhancement:
 - The sudo package is now built with RELRO linker flags because it needs to be run with elevated privileges.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the MiracleLinux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected sudo package.

See Also

https://tsn.miraclelinux.com/en/node/2352

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 283944

File Name: miracle_linux_AXSA-2011-635.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 1/14/2026

Updated: 1/14/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.4

Temporal Score: 3.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2011-0010

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:sudo, cpe:/o:miracle:linux:4

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/MiracleLinux/release, Host/MiracleLinux/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/28/2011

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/12/2011

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-0010